People around the league all seem to have different opinions about whether Anthony Duclair will work out with the Blackhawks.

Some think he will. Others aren’t so sure. It was pretty split when I reached out to a number of people after the trade.

“It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the pressure of playing for [coach Joel Quenneville] and the Blackhawks,” one league source said. “It's for sure different than playing for the Arizona Coyotes. He’s a first-round talent and has the hands.”

What all those people agreed on, though, is Blackhawks came out of the trade as winners regardless of how Duclair fares the rest of this season. While the Arizona Coyotes were motivated to get rid of Duclair, the Blackhawks were just as happy to part ways with Richard Panik's inconsistency and contract.

It had become pretty clear Panik wasn’t going to live up to the $2.8 million cap hit he was carrying for the next two seasons. Even...

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